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A profile of Iyad ag Ghali.
JNIM’s top leader Iyad ag Ghali and key deputy Amadou Koufa, have been in place since the group’s 2017 creation, giving the group some leadership continuity, despite a period of…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB287129
ISSN: 2633-304X
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In June, Morocco accused Algeria of illicitly facilitating the transfer of Western Saharan independence leader Brahim Ghali to Spain for medical treatment. In July, an…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB263612
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Nigerien President Mohamed Bazoum has similarly alluded to ongoing outreach to jihadists. These efforts reflect a broader level of increased regional political acceptance of…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB270460
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Previously, there was accommodation and even cooperation between them. Global rivalries between al-Qaida and the Islamic State do not explain the shifts in the Sahara-Sahel…
The initiative follows the release of a Human Rights Watch report documenting atrocities in central Mali resulting from inter-communal and jihadist violence, which has spread…
Mali ethnic composition.
Tuareg in the Sahel.
The accord includes a stipulation that the army must leave the town of Farabougou, which was been besieged by jihadists in 2020. Local peace deals have proliferated in conflict…
MALI: Jiahdists will seek to exploit northern defeat